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Maintenance treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis can be discontinued after remission in some patients

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    Cheuk-Chun Szeto & Lai-Shan Tam

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Szeto, CC., Tam, LS. Maintenance treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis can be discontinued after remission in some patients. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 672–673 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0333

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